Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.
It poses new uncertainty for advertisers, who have fled X over concerns about hate speech appearing alongside their ads, and is the latest divisive public personality to get back their banned account.
Musk posted a poll on Saturday asking if Jones should be reinstated, with the results showing 70% of those who responded in favor. Early Sunday, Musk tweeted, “The people have spoken and so it shall be.”
A few hours later, Jones’ posts were visible again and he retweeted a post about his video game. He and his Infowars show had been permanently banned in 2018 for abusive behavior.
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Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones https://t.co/n8bdML6RRM pic.twitter.com/FqRZHxsUhD
— The Hill (@thehill) December 10, 2023
Civil rights lawyer quits X after Alex Jones' return to platform https://t.co/7NFiQkrRKK
— POLITICO (@politico) December 11, 2023
Defamation is not free speech, which is why judges in different state have come to the same conclusion: Alex Jones violated his victims’ First Amendment rights and he owes them $1.5 billion. pic.twitter.com/LFCjLEq09D
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 10, 2023
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